Birthdays
Francis Preston Blair
Turns 40 on this date
Ambrose Williams Clark
Turns 51 on this date
Charles Clark
Turns 51 on this date
Ross Wilkins
Turns 62 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Abraham Lincoln arrives in New York City on his pre-inaugural tour | 02/19/1861 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Secessionists occupy a disused fort in Nebraska overnight but lose it to Unionists in the morning |
02/18/1861 to 02/19/1861 |
| US/the World | The French begin operations to relieve the blockade of Saigon in Cochin-China | 02/19/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama |
02/09/1861 to 03/15/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Washington Peace Conference is meeting at Willard's Hotel in Washington DC |
02/04/1861 to 02/27/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Mr. Lincoln’s Indianapolis Speech,” February 19, 1861 | 02/19/1861 |